Ķegums

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Ķegums
Coat of arms of Ķegums
Ķegums (Latvia)
Red pog.svg
Basic data
State : LatviaLatvia Latvia
Landscape: Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme )
Administrative district : Ķeguma novads
Coordinates : 56 ° 45 '  N , 24 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 44 '39 "  N , 24 ° 43' 30"  E
Residents : 2,357 (Jan 1, 2016)
Area : 6.8 km²
Population density : 347 inhabitants per km²
Height :
City law: Since 1993
Website: www.kegums.lv
Post Code:
ISO code:
ĶegumaHES.JPG
Dam of the Wasserkegums hydropower plant

Ķegums (German Keggum ) is a Latvian city on the Daugava River , 45 kilometers southeast of Riga. In 2016, Ķegums had 2357 inhabitants.

history

The place emerged from 1936 with the construction of the hydropower plant . The namesake Gut Ķegums (dt. Rautenfeld ), as well as the dangerous local rapids sank in the floods of the Daugava. A total of around 13 km² of ground area was flooded by the power plant's reservoir . The construction work was completed by a Swedish company by 1940. In 1944 the dam was blown up when the German Wehrmacht withdrew, but it was rebuilt and raised by 1947.

The place received city rights in 1991.

Sports

Motocross in Ķegums 2009

In Ķegums there is the “zelta zirgs” (German “golden horse”) motorcycle racing track, where national and international races take place. Ķegums has often hosted the Latvian Sidecar Motocross World Championship and the Latvian Motocross Grand Prix.

Ķeguma novads

In 2002 the city merged with two rural parishes into one administrative district. In 2009 another congregation was added. In 2010, 6306 inhabitants were registered.

Sons and daughters

literature

  • Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Web links

Commons : Ķegums  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā